2009 EPF supported and/or initiated Resolutions Resolutions that passed both Deputies and Bishops: Advocacy for Cuba: A034 Haiti: A036 War in Iraq: A041 No First Use Military Action: A042 Restricting Use of Bottled Water: A045 Condemnation of Torture : C020 Wounded Soldiers and Veterans: C051 Endorsement of Earth Charter: C064 Fix Our Broken Labor Laws: D039 Adoption of ‘Single Payer’ Universal Health Care: D048 Reject Nuclear…
Tag Archive: General Convention
Bishop Greg Rickel’s Address at EPF Fellowship Dinner
General Convention 2009 – Anaheim, California Honoring The Rt. Rev.and Mrs. Edmond Browning Good evening, I am so very honored to be called on for this very pleasant task tonight of addressing you, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and on the night when we honor Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning and Patti Browning. It is also a night when…
Have you called your bishop yet?
TAKE ACTION: Summer 2009 at General Convention, the only resolution that EPF promoted that did NOT pass was the resolution concerning Israel/Palestine. Read it here. The House of Deputies passed the resolution, on the last day of convention, the House of Bishops did not. PLease call your Bishop this month, ask her/him how they voted on the…
Peace Fellowship’s young adult representatives are active advocates for justice issues
By Janet Kawamoto, July 14, 2009 [Episcopal News Service -- Anaheim, California] Far from being wide-eyed and shy, the eight 20-something members of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Young Adult Presence (YAP) are very present indeed at General Convention, with a deep grasp of issues and an even deeper determination to do something about them. The young…
GC 2009: Young Adult Bios
Bradley McDonald My name is Brad McDonald. I graduated in May 2009 from Michigan State University with a BA in International Relations. I am currently working at a county park and am on schedule to join Peace Corps March 2010. I am from the Lansing, Michigan area. I have spent the past four years as an active member of Canterbury…
